Henry Cushier Raven, (born April 16, 1889, Brooklyn, New York, U.S. --
died April 4, 1944), was an expert scientific illustrator, taxidermist, and
collector of essential expedition specimens for several of the top natural
history institutions in the United States, including Columbia University,
Cornell University, Colorado Museum of Natural History, the Smithsonian
Institution, and the American Museum of Natural History. His research and
species data collecting brought him all over the world, resulting in the
acquisition of hundreds of physical specimens (resulting in many dissection
illustrations) as well as copious photographic and moving-picture evidence of
their natural movement and habitats.
Chester A. Reeds (born July 20 1882 - died October 4, 1968), curator of
the Department of Geology and Invertebrate Paleontology and publication editor,
who served on the American Museum of Natural History publication committee and
oversaw the September-October 1926 issue of Natural History, entitled The
Romance of Fossil Hunting.
Arthur Stannard Vernay was an English-born antiques dealer, hunting
enthusiast, naturalist and philanthropist. He immigrated to the United States in
1905 and opened the first of his antiques galleries in 1906, which he would run
until his retirement in 1941. He is especially well known for his extensive
expeditionary work collecting animal specimens for many cultural institutions,
notably the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. On behalf of
this Museum, he traveled to India, Burma, Angola, Tibet and the Kalahari Desert.
R. P. Whitfield, the first curator of the American Museum of Natural
History (AMNH), was, by the time of his death one of the most eminent
paleontologists in the world [1,2]. He was self-educated [3] and possessed
tremendous drawing skills which work to his specific advantage as a
paleontologist [1,2]. Professor Whitfield served the American Museum of Natural
History for 33 years [2] and at the time of his death was Emeritus Curator of
the Geology Department. He was succeeded by Edmund Hovey in 1909 upon his
retirement [1,2,3,4].
HARRY PAYNE WHITNEY was born on April 29, 1872 in New York City to Flora
Payne Whitney and William Collins Whitney. Harry was the eldest sibling, with
one brother and two sisters.